Systems for implementing a permission-based automatic update of physical addresses in a database and methods of use thereof

ABSTRACT

A method utilizing a permission-based access functionality to obtain communication identifying metadata in electronic communications associated with a first and/or a second user. The communication identifying metadata is processed to generate first physical address metadata associated with the second user. Second physical addresses metadata associated with the second user is identified in data objects stored in electronic resources. The first and the second physical addresses metadata are inputted into a machine learning model which identifies related physical addresses, based on a change in a feature of the first and/or second physical addresses metadata and to predict a most likely current physical address of the second user. Upon receipt of the access permission to the current physical address of the second user, a database stored on a computing device of the first user is updated with the current physical address of the second user.

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FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The present disclosure generally relates to improved computer-basedsystems, and more particularly to systems for implementing apermission-based automatic update of physical addresses in a databaseand methods of use thereof.

BACKGROUND OF TECHNOLOGY

A computer network platform/system may include a group of computers(e.g., clients, servers, smart routers) and other computing hardwaredevices that are linked together through one or more communicationchannels to facilitate communication and/or resource-sharing, via one ormore specifically programmed graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of thepresent disclosure, among a wide range of users.

SUMMARY OF DESCRIBED SUBJECT MATTER

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplarytechnically improved computer-based method that includes at least thefollowing steps of utilizing, by at least one processor, apermission-based access functionality to access over a communicationnetwork, a communication software application associated with a firstuser, a second user, or both. Communication identifying metadata for aplurality of electronic communications associated with the first user,the second user, or both may be obtained over the communication networkvia the permission-based access functionality, from the communicationsoftware application. The communication identifying metadata may beprocessed to generate first physical addresses metadata associated withthe plurality of electronic communications. Second physical addressesmetadata associated with the second user may be identified over thecommunication network, in a plurality of data objects stored in aplurality of electronic resources. The first physical addresses metadataand the second physical addresses metadata may be stored in a database.The first physical addresses metadata and the second physical addressesmetadata may be inputted into at least one machine learning modelconfigured to identify a plurality of related physical addresses, basedon at least one change in at least one feature of the first physicaladdresses metadata, the second physical addresses metadata, or both, andto predict a most likely current physical address associated with thesecond user, where the at least one feature may include (i) occurrenceand/or frequency of addresses in the database, (ii) different addressusage types, and (iii) timing and/or durations information of addressusage. An instruction may be transmitted over the communication networkto display on a computing device associated with the first user, a firstgraphical user interface (first GUI) to the first user, the first GUIcomprising at least one first GUI element enabling the first user tolaunch a permission request to the second user, requesting a permissionto access a current physical address of the second user. The permissionrequest may be received over the communication network. An instructionmay be transmitted over the communication network, in response to thepermission request, to display on a computing device associated with thesecond user, a second graphical user interface (second GUI) to allow thesecond user to allow or deny an access to the current physical addressof the second user to the first user. The permission request to the mostlikely current physical address associated with the second user may betransmitted over the communication network. A permission for the firstuser for access to the current physical address of the second user maybe received over the communication network. Upon receipt of thepermission for access to the current physical address of the seconduser, automatically updating over the communication network, a databaseof physical addresses stored on a computing device associated with thefirst user with the current physical address of the second user for atleast one future communication with the second user.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides an exemplarytechnically improved computer-based server that includes at least thefollowing components of at least one non-transitory memory and at leastone processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute acode that is stored in the at least one non-transitory memory thatcauses the at least one processor to utilize a permission-based accessfunctionality to access over a communication network, a communicationsoftware application associated with a first user, a second user, orboth, to obtain, over the communication network via the permission-basedaccess functionality, from the communication software application,communication identifying metadata for a plurality of electroniccommunications associated with the first user, the second user, or both,to process the communication identifying metadata to generate firstphysical addresses metadata associated with the plurality of electroniccommunications, to identify, over the communication network, in aplurality of data objects stored in a plurality of electronic resources,second physical addresses metadata associated with the second user, tostore the first physical addresses metadata and the second physicaladdresses metadata in a database, to input the first physical addressesmetadata and the second physical addresses metadata into at least onemachine learning model configured to identify a plurality of relatedphysical addresses, based on at least one change in at least one featureof the first physical addresses metadata, the second physical addressesmetadata, or both, and to predict a most likely current physical addressassociated with the second user where the at least one feature mayinclude (i) occurrence and/or frequency of addresses in the database,(ii) different address usage types, and (iii) timing and/or durationsinformation of address usage, to transmit over the communicationnetwork, an instruction to display on a computing device associated withthe first user, a first graphical user interface (first GUI) to thefirst user, the first GUI comprising at least one first GUI elementenabling the first user to launch a permission request to the seconduser, requesting a permission to access a current physical address ofthe second user, to receive over the communication network, thepermission request, to transmit over the communication network, inresponse to the permission request, an instruction to display on acomputing device associated with the second user, a second graphicaluser interface (second GUI) to allow the second user to allow or deny anaccess to the current physical address of the second user to the firstuser, to transmit over the communication network, the permission requestto the most likely current physical address associated with the seconduser, to receive over the communication network, for the first user, apermission for access to the current physical address of the seconduser, and to automatically update over the communication network, uponreceipt of the permission for access to the current physical address ofthe second user, a database of physical addresses stored on a computingdevice associated with the first user with the current physical addressof the second user for at least one future communication with the seconduser.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various embodiments of the present disclosure can be further explainedwith reference to the attached drawings, wherein like structures arereferred to by like numerals throughout the several views. The drawingsshown are not necessarily to scale, with emphasis instead generallybeing placed upon illustrating the principles of the present disclosure.Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed hereinare not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representativebasis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ one ormore illustrative embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for implementing apermission-based automatic update of physical addresses in a database inaccordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 2A-2E are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots oncomputing devices of a first user and a second user in accordance withone or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3A-3E are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots oncomputing devices of a first user and a second user showing firstphysical addresses metadata and second physical addresses metadata inaccordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3F is a block diagram of a machine learning model processing firstphysical addresses metadata and second physical addresses metadata inaccordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 4A-4C are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots on acomputing device of a first user as the first user creates an onlineorder to send items to a second user in accordance with one or moreembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for implementing a permission-basedautomatic update of physical addresses in a database in accordance withone or more embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of an exemplary computer-basedsystem/platform in accordance with one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 7 depicts a block diagram of another exemplary computer-basedsystem/platform in accordance with one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure; and

FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating implementations of cloudcomputing architecture/aspects with respect to which the disclosedtechnology may be specifically configured to operate, in accordance withone or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various detailed embodiments of the present disclosure, taken inconjunction with the accompanying figures, are disclosed herein;however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments aremerely illustrative. In addition, each of the examples given inconnection with the various embodiments of the present disclosure isintended to be illustrative, and not restrictive.

Throughout the specification, the following terms take the meaningsexplicitly associated herein, unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise. The phrases “in one embodiment” and “in some embodiments” asused herein do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment(s), thoughit may. Furthermore, the phrases “in another embodiment” and “in someother embodiments” as used herein do not necessarily refer to adifferent embodiment, although it may. Thus, as described below, variousembodiments may be readily combined, without departing from the scope orspirit of the present disclosure.

In addition, the term “based on” is not exclusive and allows for beingbased on additional factors not described, unless the context clearlydictates otherwise. In addition, throughout the specification, themeaning of “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural references. The meaningof “in” includes “in” and “on.”

It is understood that at least one aspect/functionality of variousembodiments described herein can be performed in real-time and/ordynamically. As used herein, the term “real-time” is directed to anevent/action that can occur instantaneously or almost instantaneously intime when another event/action has occurred. For example, the “real-timeprocessing,” “real-time computation,” and “real-time execution” allpertain to the performance of a computation during the actual time thatthe related physical process (e.g., a user interacting with anapplication on a mobile device) occurs, in order that results of thecomputation can be used in guiding the physical process.

As used herein, the term “dynamically” and term “automatically,” andtheir logical and/or linguistic relatives and/or derivatives, mean thatcertain events and/or actions can be triggered and/or occur without anyhuman intervention. In some embodiments, events and/or actions inaccordance with the present disclosure can be in real-time and/or basedon a predetermined periodicity of at least one of: nanosecond, severalnanoseconds, millisecond, several milliseconds, second, several seconds,minute, several minutes, hourly, several hours, daily, several days,weekly, monthly, etc.

As used herein, the term “runtime” corresponds to any behavior that isdynamically determined during an execution of a software application orat least a portion of software application.

A first user of a computing device may need a physical address to sendan item to a second user, or to meet the second user, for example. Thefirst user may have a physical address of the second user in a databasestored on a computing device such as a laptop or smartphone, forexample. However, the first user may not be sure that the physicaladdress of the second user is correct, e.g., the physical address may beoutdated. Furthermore, the first user may not even be aware that thesecond user may have recently changed physical addresses.

Embodiments of the present disclosure herein describe systems forimplementing a permission-based automatic update of physical addressesin a database and methods of use thereof. A server may be configured tohave permission-based access for monitoring communication identifyingmetadata in data objects related to the first user and/or second usergenerated by a communication software application for extracting firstphysical addresses metadata related to the second user from thecommunication identifying metadata.

In some embodiments, second physical addresses metadata may beidentified in data objects related to the second user that are stored ina plurality of electronic resources (e.g., databases in medical records,businesses, and like, that may store the physical address of the seconduser). The first physical addresses metadata and the second physicaladdresses metadata may be inputted to a machine learning model that maybe configured to identify a plurality of related physical addressed ofthe second user and to predict a most likely current physical address,which may be updated in the address database of the first user afterreceiving permission from the second user.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system 5 for implementing apermission-based automatic update of physical addresses in a database inaccordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. Thesystem 5 may include a server 10, a computing device 45 associated witha first user 20, a computing device 50 associated with a second user 25,and a plurality of N electronic resources 40A, 40B, and 40C allcommunicating 35 over a communication network 30 where N is an integer.The plurality of N electronic resources 40A, 40B, and 40C may be denotedas ELECTRONIC RESOURCE1 40A, ELECTRONIC RESOURCE2 40B, . . . ,ELECTRONIC RESOURCEN 40C.

In some embodiments, the electronic resources may store databases withdata objects that may have physical addresses metadata of the seconduser 25. For example, one electronic resource from the plurality of Nelectronic resources may include a database associated with a pharmacy,and the second user's address may be stored in a prescription datarecord on a prescription database. In another example, anotherelectronic resource from the plurality of N electronic resources mayinclude a database associated with an airlines or travel service, andthe second user's address may be stored in a reservation data record ina reservation database.

In some embodiments, the server 10 may include a processor 15, a memory16, a communication circuitry 18 for communicating 35 over thecommunication network 30, and input and/or output (I/O) devices 19 suchas a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, and/or a display, for example.

In some embodiments, the memory 16 may store a physical addressesmetadata database 17 (e.g., a first physical addresses metadata databaseand/or a second physical addresses metadata database). The database 17may also store the physical addresses of a particular user extractedfrom the physical addresses metadata.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may be configured to executesoftware modules such as a permission-based access control 11 module, aphysical address metadata extractor 12 module, a machine learning model(MLM) 13 module, and/or a graphical user interface (GUI) manager 14module.

In some embodiments, the permission-based access control 11 module mayprovide permission-based access functionality for the server 10 toobtain access over the communication network 30 to data objects such ascommunication-based data objects (e.g., e-mails) of the first user 20and/or the second user 25 stored on their respective computing devicesand/or in one or more electronic resources 40A, 40B, 40C.

In some embodiments, the permission-based access control 11 module mayprovide permission-based access functionality for the server 10 toobtain access over the communication network 30 to data objects such ascommunication-based data objects (e.g., e-mails) of the first user 20using OAuth, a browser extension, and/or manual input.

In some embodiments, the physical address metadata extractor 12 modulemay be used to identify physical addresses metadata in the data objectsstored in any of the plurality of electronic resources.

In the context of this disclosure, the term “first physical addressesmetadata” may refer to metadata extracted from communication identifyingmetadata such as the content of electronic mail (e-mail) data filesstored for example on computing devices associated with the first user20 and/or the second user 25. In contrast, the term “second physicaladdresses metadata” may refer to metadata extracted from any of aplurality of data objects stored in the plurality of electronicresources. The term physical addresses metadata may include both thefirst and the second physical addresses metadata. The first and thesecond physical addresses metadata may be stored in the server 10 in thephysical addresses metadata database 17.

The machine learning model (MLM) 13 module may use the physicaladdresses metadata as an input and identify a plurality of related, orcandidate, physical addresses of a particular user to predict (e.g.,using a probability) that any of the plurality of the related physicaladdress is a most likely current physical address associated with theparticular user. The machine learning model (MLM) 13 may be any suitableneural network model for performing the functions described herein.

In some embodiments, the computing device 45 associated with the firstuser 20 may include a processor 42, a first graphical user interface(GUI1) 55 displayed on a display of the computing device 45, a memory 43with an address database 44 (e.g., the first user's electronic addressbook), a communication circuitry 46 for communicating 35 over thecommunication network, and I/O devices 47, such as a display and/ortouchscreen, for example.

In some embodiments, the computing device 50 associated with the seconduser 25 may include a processor 51, a second graphical user interface(GUI2) 60 displayed on a display of the computing device 50, a memory52, a communication circuitry 53 for communicating 35 over thecommunication network, and I/O devices 54, such as a display and/ortouchscreen, for example.

In some embodiments, the permission-based access control 11 module mayexecute an application programming interface (API) call with any of theplurality of electronic resources to obtain the physical addressesmetadata in the data objects with information related to a particularuser. A data object may be a data table, a data array, a data pointer, adata record, a data file, a data set, and/or scalar types stored in anyof the electronic resources.

In some embodiments, the server 10 may be associated with a financialinstitution. In this case, the server 10 may store a database of paymentcard users and/or bank account owners and/or their transaction data, allof which may include physical addresses metadata of a particular user.

The embodiments described herein provide a technical solution forautomatically extracting current physical addresses of a second userfrom a variety of data sources for automatically updating an addressbook of a first user. System 5 may identify physical addresses metadatafrom many different database sources such as via communication softwareapplication and/or data objects stored in a plurality of electronicresources associated with any suitable business, entity, and/orfinancial institution.

In some embodiments, the machine learning model (MLM) 13 may be trainedto process the physical addresses metadata inputted to the MLM so as toidentify current physical addresses and to predict the likelihood thateach of the identified physical addresses is the most likely currentphysical address. For example, The MLM 13 may compute a probability thata particular current address is the most likely current physical addressusing features in the physical addresses metadata as will be discussedlater. The most likely current physical address may be identified from aplurality of related physical address when the probability is greaterthan a predefined threshold.

Furthermore, in some embodiments, before transmitting the most likelycurrent physical address to the first user, the second user may berequested to provide permission via the GUI2 60 for example on thecomputing device 50 of the second user 25 so as to provide control forthe second user 25 over the personal identifiable information of thesecond user as shown in the next figures herein below.

Note that for the examples shown below, the first user 20 may have aname 20N as David Stone. The second user 25 may have a name 25N as JohnSmith. The second user 25 may reside at a current physical address 25Aof 125 Elm Street, New York, N.Y.

FIGS. 2A-2E are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots oncomputing devices of a first user and a second user in accordance withone or more embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2A,the permission-based access control 11 module may trigger the GUImanager 14 to send instructions over the communication network 30 todisplay on the GUI1 55 a message asking the first user 20, David Stone,if he wants to receive the physical address of the second user 25, JohnSmith. The GUI1 55 may include a “SEND” button 70 to allow the firstuser 20 to send a permission request to the permission-based accesscontrol 11 module.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2B, the permission-based accesscontrol 11 module, in response to receiving the permission request, maytrigger the GUI manager 14 to send instructions over the communicationnetwork 30 to display a confirmation message on the GUI2 60 associatedwith the second user. The computing device 50 associated with the seconduser may receive the most likely current physical address as determinedby the MLM 13. The GUI2 60 may display the most likely current physicaladdress 25A in a message request the second user John Smith to confirmthis displayed physical address as his current physical address as 125Elm Street, New York, N.Y.

The second user 25 may confirm “YES” 72A or “NO” 72B on the pull-downmenu. If the second user 25 answers “YES” 72A, then the most likelycurrent physical address of the second user may be flagged or marked inthe physical address metadata database 17 as the current physicaladdress of the second user 25. If the answer is “NO” 72B, the processor15 may send another one of the related physical addresses extracted fromthe physical address metadata database 17.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2C, the permission-based accesscontrol 11 module, in response to receiving the current physical addressconfirmation, may trigger the GUI manager 14 to send instructions overthe communication network 30 to display a permission grant message onthe GUI2 60 to the second user to allow access the first user to receivethe current physical address of the second user 25. The second user 25may allow or deny assess for the first user 20 by choosing “ALLOW” 73Aor “DENY” 73B on the pull-down menu.

In some embodiments, if the second user chooses “ALLOW” 73A, as shown inFIG. 2D, the permission-based access control 11 module may trigger theGUI manager 14 to send instructions over the communication network 30 todisplay a permission grant notification on the GUI1 55 to the first user20. The permission grant notification informs the first user 20, DavidStone, that the second user 25, John Smith, has allowed the automaticupdate of the address database 44 of the first user 20.

In some embodiments, if the second user chooses “DENY” 73B, as shown inFIG. 2E, the permission-based access control 11 module may trigger theGUI manager 14 to send instructions over the communication network 30 todisplay a permission rejection notification on the GUI1 55 to the firstuser 20. The permission rejection notification informs the first user20, David Stone, that the second user 25, John Smith, has rejected hisrequest relay his current physical address details to the first user 20.

In some embodiments, the second user 25 may set approval criteria suchas for example, approval for anyone with a link to my address page,approval for anyone connected to me via Linkedin and/or Facebook, and/orapproval for anyone with an email address (domain) from my school oremployer, for example.

FIGS. 3A-3E are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots oncomputing devices of a first user and a second user showing firstphysical addresses metadata and second physical addresses metadata inaccordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3A illustrates the first user 20 using the first user's computingdevice 45. Through the communication network 30, the permission-basedaccess control 11 module may allow the processor 15 to monitor e-maildata objects of the first user 20 on the first user's computing device45 over the communication network 30. Since the first user 20 may beinterested in an automatic update of first user's address database 44,the processor 15 may identify a data object in the sent item box such asan e-mail 115 between the first user 20, David Stone, and the seconduser 25, John Smith sending, for example, where David sends John aproposal as shown in the communication identifying metadata 110A (e.g.,the text body of the e-mail message).

FIG. 3B illustrates the second user 25 using the second user's computingdevice 50. Through the communication network 30, the permission-basedaccess control 11 module may allow the processor 15 to monitor e-maildata objects of the second user 25 on the second user's computing device50 over the communication network 30. The processor 15 may identify dataobjects such as e-mails 125A and 125B in the sent item box such as ane-mail 125A between the first user 20, David Stone, and the second user25, John Smith sending, for example, where John confirms that theproposal (sent in e-mail 115) sent by David is good as shown in thecommunication identifying metadata 110B (e.g., the text body of thee-mail message). The physical address metadata extractor 12 moduleidentifies physical address metadata 120A (e.g., 123 Elm Street, NewYork, N.Y.) in communication identifying metadata 110B.

In the second e-mail 125B, the second user 25 may communicate with avendor for ordering a new sprinkler head for John's garden. The physicaladdress metadata extractor 12 module identifies physical addressmetadata 120B (e.g., 123 Elm Street, New York, N.Y.) in communicationidentifying metadata 110C.

In some embodiments, the physical address metadata extractor 12 maystore the first physical address metadata 120A, 120B in the physicaladdress metadata database 17.

FIGS. 3C-3E illustrates processor 15 via permission-based access control11 module querying data objects stored in databases respectively inthree electronic resources 40A, 40B, and 40C. In some embodiments,permission-based access control 11 module may issue an API call to anyof the plurality of N electronic resources to get the second physicaladdress metadata.

As shown in FIG. 3C, a data object 140A may be a credit card transactionrecord with metadata 150A and a date 145A of May 4, 2020. The metadata150A of the data object 140A may include second physical addressmetadata 160A showing a physical address of 125 Elm St., New York, N.Y.

As shown in FIG. 3D, a data object 140B may be a delivery record fromDelivery Company XYZ with metadata 150B and a date 145B of Dec. 3, 2007.The metadata 150B of the data object 140B may include second physicaladdress metadata 160B showing a physical address of 3540 Broadway, Apt.6G, New York, N.Y.

As shown in FIG. 3E, a data object 140C may be a pharmacy purchaserecord with metadata 150C and a date 145C of Apr. 3, 2021. The metadata150C of the data object 140C may include second physical addressmetadata 160C showing a physical address of 125 Elm St., New York, N.Y.

In some embodiments, the physical address metadata extractor 12 maystore the second physical address metadata 160A, 160B and 160C in thephysical address metadata database 17.

FIG. 3F is a block diagram of the machine learning model (MLM) 13processing the first physical addresses metadata 120A and 120B and thesecond physical addresses 160A, 160B, and 160C metadata in accordancewith one or more embodiments of the present disclosure. An output 170 ofthe MLM 13 may include a plurality of related physical addresses, inthis case two addresses. A first outputted physical address 175A isidentified as 125 Elm Street, New York, N.Y. with 4 instances found(e.g., in the examples of FIGS. 3A-3E). A probability 180A of the firstoutputted physical address 175A being the most likely current physicaladdress is 95% as determined by the MLM 13

In some embodiments, the output 170 of the MLM 13 may include a secondoutputted physical address 175B is identified as 3540 Broadway, NewYork, N.Y. with 1 instance found (e.g., in the examples of FIGS. 3A-3E).A probability 180B of the second outputted physical address 175B beingthe most likely current physical address is 5% as determined by the MLM13.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may determine that any one of theoutputted physical address, or any of the plurality of related physicaladdresses, may be the current physical address when the probability isgreater than a predefined threshold such as 90%, for example. in otherembodiments, the probability that any of the outputted physicaladdresses is the most likely current physical address may be based onthe number of instances or occurrences or frequency of an address in thephysical address metadata database 17.

In some embodiments, the machine learning model 13 may be configured toidentify any of the plurality of related physical addresses, based on atleast one change in at least one feature of the physical addressesmetadata, and to predict a most likely current physical addressassociated with the second user, where the at least one feature mayinclude (i) occurrence and/or frequency of addresses in the database,(ii) different address usage types, and (iii) timing and/or durationsinformation of address usage. For example, data object 140B was datedwith the date 145B as Dec. 3, 2007, which may be an indication that thephysical address 175B of 3540 Broadway is an outdated physical address.Furthermore, there may be address usage types such as a primary address,a secondary address, a billing address, a delivery address, for example.

In some embodiments, the timing and/or durations information of addressusage may be home versus work addresses, permanent versus temporaryaddresses, school addresses versus home addresses, for example. If thesecond user, for example, is a student, the physical address may be thatof a dormitory address and/or a home address during vacation(s). Theabove referenced feature differences may be used by the machine learningmodel 13 to identify a probability of one of the plurality of relatedaddresses is the current physical address of the second user.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may search data objects for firstphysical addresses metadata and/or second physical addresses metadata ofparents, siblings, and/or close relatives known to live with the seconduser 25 so as to determine the current physical address of the seconduser.

In some embodiments, when inputting the first physical addressesmetadata, the second physical addresses metadata, or both into themachine learning model 13, the MLM 13 may be further configured toidentify potential new physical address information including (i)different types of addresses, (ii) addresses having specified durationof time, (iii) marketing-related acquisition of the potential newphysical address information, and (iv) a second user's usage of thepotential new physical address information.

FIGS. 4A-4C are exemplary graphical user interface screenshots on thecomputing device 45 of the first user 20 as the first user 20 creates anonline order form displayed on GUI1 55 to send items to the second user25 in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.In a first screenshot 200 as shown in FIG. 4A, the first user 20 wishesto send a case of white wine costing $157.33 as a birthday present tothe second user 25, now the delivery recipient, John Smith 25. Apull-down menu 205 may ask the first user 20 if he would like to updatehis address book for the delivery recipient, John Smith (e.g., by usingthe embodiments disclosed herein).

In some embodiments, if the first user 20 answers “NO” on pull-down menu205, the processor 42 may fetch the current physical address of JohnSmith stored in the address database 44 on the computing device 45associated with the first user 20. However, if the first user answers“YES” on pull-down menu 205, the processor 15 may implement the flow ofpermission-based automatic update of physical addresses in the addressdatabase 44 as described herein, particularly in the permission-accessflow shown in FIG. 2A-2E

After the permission-access flow, the first user as shown in FIG. 4B ina second screenshot 210, the first user 20 may then be asked in amessage 215 if he wants to use the most-up-to-date address of JohnSmith, the second user. If the first user 20 answer “YES” in a drop-downmenu 217, the order form as shown in a third screenshot 220 in FIG. 4Cis filled out with the most current physical address 225 as therecipient address and the order is automatically placed with the orderform is sent out to the vendor.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may utilize a browser extensionapplication executed by the computing device 45 associated with thefirst user 20, to obtain at least one electronic communication, at leastone metadata, at least one potential physical address information, orany combination thereof, of the second user 25.

In some embodiments, the browser extension application may be configuredto automatically complete the current physical address, confidentially,into a check-out flow (e.g., the order form shown in FIGS. 4A-4C)involving need for a shipping address for a good or service, withoutproviding the current physical address in a manner available to othersover the communication network.

In some embodiments, the browser extension application may be configuredto automatically complete the current physical address into a check-outflow (e.g., the order form) involving need for a shipping address for agood or service, upon entry or provision of a name of the second userwho will receive the good or service.

In some embodiments, tokenized access may be provided where a merchantor a shipping company may access the physical address of the recipient(e.g., the second user) without the sender (e.g., the first user) doingso directly.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may program to maintain updatedaddress information of the second user 25 in both an actual addressformat and a tokenized format in the physical address metadata database17 and/or the address database 44. The tokenized format may beconfigured for (i) provisioning to parties that do not need to know thecurrent physical address of the second user 25, and/or (ii) provisioningto parties that have not been approved by the second user for receipt ofthe current physical address of the second user 25.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may provide a feedback mechanismby which a recipient of the tokenized format may request that the seconduser 25 approve the recipient of the tokenized format to receive thecurrent physical address of the second user 25 associated with thetokenized format.

In some embodiments, the processor 15 may provide over the communicationnetwork 30, to at least one computing device associated with at leastone approved third party, the current physical address of the seconduser 25 only to the at least one approved third party involved with aphysical shipment or delivery to the second user 25 at the currentphysical address.

FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart of a method 300 for implementing apermission-based automatic update of physical addresses in a database.in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.Method 300 may be performed by the processor 15 of the server 10.

Method 300 may include utilizing 305 a permission-based accessfunctionality to access over a communication network, a communicationsoftware application associated with a first user, a second user, orboth.

Method 300 may include obtaining 310 over the communication network viathe permission-based access functionality, from the communicationsoftware application, communication identifying metadata for a pluralityof electronic communications associated with the first user, the seconduser, or both.

Method 300 may include processing 315 the communication identifyingmetadata to generate first physical addresses metadata associated withthe plurality of electronic communications.

Method 300 may include identifying 320 over the communication network,in a plurality of data objects stored in a plurality of electronicresources, second physical addresses metadata associated with the seconduser.

Method 300 may include storing 325 the first physical addresses metadataand the second physical addresses metadata in a database.

Method 300 may include inputting 330 the first physical addressesmetadata and the second physical addresses metadata into at least onemachine learning model configured to identify a plurality of relatedphysical addresses, based on at least one change in at least one featureof the first physical addresses metadata, the second physical addressesmetadata, or both, and to predict a most likely current physical addressassociated with the second user, where the at least one feature includes(i) occurrence and/or frequency of addresses in the database, (ii)different address usage types, and (iii) timing and/or durationsinformation of address usage.

Method 300 may include transmitting 335 over the communication network,an instruction to display on a computing device associated with thefirst user, a first graphical user interface (first GUI) to the firstuser, the first GUI comprising at least one first GUI element enablingthe first user to launch a permission request to the second user,requesting a permission to access a current physical address of thesecond user.

Method 300 may include receiving 340 over the communication network, thepermission request.

Method 300 may include transmitting 345 over the communication network,in response to the permission request, an instruction to display on acomputing device associated with the second user, a second graphicaluser interface (second GUI) to allow the second user to allow or deny anaccess to the current physical address of the second user to the firstuser.

Method 300 may include transmitting 350 over the communication network,the permission request to the most likely current physical addressassociated with the second user.

Method 300 may include receiving 355 over the communication network, forthe first user, a permission for access to the current physical addressof the second user.

Method 300 may include automatically updating 360 over the communicationnetwork, upon receipt of the permission for access to the currentphysical address of the second user, a database of physical addressesstored on a computing device associated with the first user with thecurrent physical address of the second user for at least one futurecommunication with the second user.

In some embodiments, exemplary inventive, specially programmed computingsystems/platforms with associated devices are configured to operate inthe distributed network environment, communicating with one another overone or more suitable data communication networks (e.g., the Internet,satellite, etc.) and utilizing one or more suitable data communicationprotocols/modes such as, without limitation, IPX/SPX, X.25, AX.25,AppleTalk™, TCP/IP (e.g., HTTP), near-field wireless communication(NFC), RFID, Narrow Band Internet of Things (NBIOT), 3G, 4G, 5G, GSM,GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, satellite, ZigBee, and other suitablecommunication modes. In some embodiments, the NFC can represent ashort-range wireless communications technology in which NFC-enableddevices are “swiped,” “bumped,” “tap” or otherwise moved in closeproximity to communicate. In some embodiments, the NFC could include aset of short-range wireless technologies, typically requiring a distanceof 10 cm or less. In some embodiments, the NFC may operate at 13.56 MHzon ISO/IEC 18000-3 air interface and at rates ranging from 106 kbit/s to424 kbit/s. In some embodiments, the NFC can involve an initiator and atarget; the initiator actively generates an RF field that can power apassive target. In some embodiments, this can enable NFC targets to takevery simple form factors such as tags, stickers, key fobs, or cards thatdo not require batteries. In some embodiments, the NFC's peer-to-peercommunication can be conducted when a plurality of NFC-enable devices(e.g., smartphones) within close proximity of each other.

The material disclosed herein may be implemented in software or firmwareor a combination of them or as instructions stored on a machine-readablemedium, which may be read and executed by one or more processors. Amachine-readable medium may include any medium and/or mechanism forstoring or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine(e.g., a computing device). For example, a machine-readable medium mayinclude read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magneticdisk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices;electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals(e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.), andothers.

As used herein, the terms “computer engine” and “engine” identify atleast one software component and/or a combination of at least onesoftware component and at least one hardware component which aredesigned/programmed/configured to manage/control other software and/orhardware components (such as the libraries, software development kits(SDKs), objects, etc.).

Examples of hardware elements may include processors, microprocessors,circuits, circuit elements (e.g., transistors, resistors, capacitors,inductors, and so forth), integrated circuits, application specificintegrated circuits (ASIC), programmable logic devices (PLD), digitalsignal processors (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA), logicgates, registers, semiconductor device, chips, microchips, chip sets,and so forth. In some embodiments, the one or more processors may beimplemented as a Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) or ReducedInstruction Set Computer (RISC) processors; x86 instruction setcompatible processors, multi-core, or any other microprocessor orcentral processing unit (CPU). In various implementations, the one ormore processors may be dual-core processor(s), dual-core mobileprocessor(s), and so forth.

Computer-related systems, computer systems, and systems, as used herein,include any combination of hardware and software. Examples of softwaremay include software components, operating system software, middleware,firmware, software modules, routines, subroutines, functions, methods,procedures, software interfaces, application program interfaces (API),instruction sets, computer code, computer code segments, words, values,symbols, or any combination thereof. Determining whether an embodimentis implemented using hardware elements and/or software elements may varyin accordance with any number of factors, such as desired computationalrate, power levels, heat tolerances, processing cycle budget, input datarates, output data rates, memory resources, data bus speeds and otherdesign or performance constraints.

One or more aspects of at least one embodiment may be implemented byrepresentative instructions stored on a machine-readable medium whichrepresents various logic within the processor, which when read by amachine causes the machine to fabricate logic to perform the techniquesdescribed herein. Such representations, known as “IP cores” may bestored on a tangible, machine readable medium and supplied to variouscustomers or manufacturing facilities to load into the fabricationmachines that make the logic or processor. Of note, various embodimentsdescribed herein may, of course, be implemented using any appropriatehardware and/or computing software languages (e.g., C++, Objective-C,Swift, Java, JavaScript, Python, Perl, QT, etc.).

In some embodiments, one or more of exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, exemplary inventive computer-based devices, and/orexemplary inventive computer-based components of the present disclosuremay include or be incorporated, partially or entirely into at least onepersonal computer (PC), laptop computer, ultra-laptop computer, tablet,touch pad, portable computer, handheld computer, palmtop computer,personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular telephone, combinationcellular telephone/PDA, television, smart device (e.g., smart phone,smart tablet or smart television), mobile internet device (MID),messaging device, data communication device, and so forth.

As used herein, the term “server” should be understood to refer to aservice point which provides processing, database, and communicationfacilities. By way of example, and not limitation, the term “server” canrefer to a single, physical processor with associated communications anddata storage and database facilities, or it can refer to a networked orclustered complex of processors and associated network and storagedevices, as well as operating software and one or more database systemsand application software that support the services provided by theserver. Cloud servers are examples.

In some embodiments, as detailed herein, one or more of exemplaryinventive computer-based systems/platforms, exemplary inventivecomputer-based devices, and/or exemplary inventive computer-basedcomponents of the present disclosure may obtain, manipulate, transfer,store, transform, generate, and/or output any digital object and/or dataunit (e.g., from inside and/or outside of a particular application) thatcan be in any suitable form such as, without limitation, a file, acontact, a task, an email, a social media post, a map, an entireapplication (e.g., a calculator), etc. In some embodiments, as detailedherein, one or more of exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, exemplary inventive computer-based devices, and/orexemplary inventive computer-based components of the present disclosuremay be implemented across one or more of various computer platforms suchas, but not limited to: (1) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD; (2) Linux; (3)Microsoft Windows; (4) OS X (MacOS); (5) MacOS 11; (6) Solaris; (7)Android; (8) iOS; (9) Embedded Linux; (10) Tizen; (11) WebOS; (12) IBMi; (13) IBM AIX; (14) Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW);(15) Cocoa (API); (16) Cocoa Touch; (17) Java Platforms; (18) JavaFX;(19) JavaFX Mobile; (20) Microsoft DirectX; (21) .NET Framework; (22)Silverlight; (23) Open Web Platform; (24) Oracle Database; (25) Qt; (26)Eclipse Rich Client Platform; (27) SAP NetWeaver; (28) Smartface; and/or(29) Windows Runtime.

In some embodiments, exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, exemplary inventive computer-based devices, and/orexemplary inventive computer-based components of the present disclosuremay be configured to utilize hardwired circuitry that may be used inplace of or in combination with software instructions to implementfeatures consistent with principles of the disclosure. Thus,implementations consistent with principles of the disclosure are notlimited to any specific combination of hardware circuitry and software.For example, various embodiments may be embodied in many different waysas a software component such as, without limitation, a stand-alonesoftware package, a combination of software packages, or it may be asoftware package incorporated as a “tool” in a larger software product.

For example, exemplary software specifically programmed in accordancewith one or more principles of the present disclosure may bedownloadable from a network, for example, a website, as a stand-aloneproduct or as an add-in package for installation in an existing softwareapplication. For example, exemplary software specifically programmed inaccordance with one or more principles of the present disclosure mayalso be available as a client-server software application, or as aweb-enabled software application. For example, exemplary softwarespecifically programmed in accordance with one or more principles of thepresent disclosure may also be embodied as a software package installedon a hardware device.

In some embodiments, exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, exemplary inventive computer-based devices, and/orexemplary inventive computer-based components of the present disclosuremay be configured to handle numerous concurrent users and/ortransactions that may be, but is not limited to, at least 100 (e.g., butnot limited to, 100-999), at least 1,000 (e.g., but not limited to,1,000-9,999), at least 10,000 (e.g., but not limited to, 10,000-99,999),at least 100,000 (e.g., but not limited to, 100,000-999,999), at least1,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to, 1,000,000-9,999,999), at least10,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to, 10,000,000-99,999,999), at least100,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to, 100,000,000-999,999,999), atleast 1,000,000,000 (e.g., but not limited to,1,000,000,000-999,999,999,999), and so on.

As used herein, the term “mobile electronic device,” or the like, suchas computing devices 45 and 60, may refer to any portable electronicdevice that may or may not be enabled with location trackingfunctionality (e.g., MAC address, Internet Protocol (IP) address, or thelike). For example, a mobile electronic device can include, but is notlimited to, a mobile phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA),Blackberry™, Pager, Smartphone, or any other reasonable mobileelectronic device.

As used herein, the terms “cloud,” “Internet cloud,” “cloud computing,”“cloud architecture,” and similar terms correspond to at least one ofthe following: (1) a large number of computers connected through areal-time communication network (e.g., Internet); (2) providing theability to run a program or application on many connected computers(e.g., physical machines, virtual machines (VMs)) at the same time; (3)network-based services, which appear to be provided by real serverhardware, and are in fact served up by virtual hardware (e.g., virtualservers), simulated by software running on one or more real machines(e.g., allowing to be moved around and scaled up (or down) on the flywithout affecting the end user).

In some embodiments, the exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-based devices,and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of the presentdisclosure may be configured to securely store and/or transmit data byutilizing one or more of encryption techniques (e.g., private/public keypair, Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), block cipher algorithms(e.g., IDEA, RC2, RCS, CAST and Skipjack), cryptographic hash algorithms(e.g., MDS, RIPEMD-160, RTRO, SHA-1, SHA-2, Tiger (TTH), WHIRLPOOL,RNGs).

The aforementioned examples are, of course, illustrative and notrestrictive.

As used herein, the term “user” shall have a meaning of at least oneuser. In some embodiments, the terms “user”, “subscriber” “consumer” or“customer” should be understood to refer to a user of an application orapplications as described herein and/or a consumer of data supplied by adata provider. By way of example, and not limitation, the terms “user”or “subscriber” can refer to a person who receives data provided by thedata or service provider over the Internet in a browser session, or canrefer to an automated software application which receives the data andstores or processes the data.

FIG. 6 depicts a block diagram of an exemplary computer-basedsystem/platform 400 in accordance with one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure. However, not all of these components may be requiredto practice one or more embodiments, and variations in the arrangementand type of the components may be made without departing from the spiritor scope of various embodiments of the present disclosure. In someembodiments, the exemplary inventive computing devices and/or theexemplary inventive computing components of the exemplary computer-basedsystem/platform 400 may be configured to manage a large number ofmembers and/or concurrent transactions, as detailed herein. In someembodiments, the exemplary computer-based system/platform 400 may bebased on a scalable computer and/or network architecture thatincorporates varies strategies for assessing the data, caching,searching, and/or database connection pooling. An example of thescalable architecture is an architecture that is capable of operatingmultiple servers.

In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 6 , members 402-404 (e.g.,clients) of the exemplary computer-based system/platform 400 may includevirtually any computing device capable of receiving and sending amessage over a network (e.g., cloud network), such as network 405, toand from another computing device, such as servers 406 and 407, eachother, and the like. In some embodiments, the member devices 402-404 maybe personal computers, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based orprogrammable consumer electronics, network PCs, and the like. In someembodiments, one or more member devices within member devices 402-404may include computing devices that typically connect using a wirelesscommunications medium such as cell phones, smart phones, pagers, walkietalkies, radio frequency (RF) devices, infrared (IR) devices, CBs,integrated devices combining one or more of the preceding devices, orvirtually any mobile computing device, and the like. In someembodiments, one or more member devices within member devices 402-404may be devices that are capable of connecting using a wired or wirelesscommunication medium such as a PDA, POCKET PC, wearable computer, alaptop, tablet, desktop computer, a netbook, a video game device, apager, a smart phone, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), and/orany other device that is equipped to communicate over a wired and/orwireless communication medium (e.g., NFC, RFID, NBIOT, 3G, 4G, 5G, GSM,GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, satellite, ZigBee, etc.). In some embodiments,one or more member devices within member devices 402-404 may include mayrun one or more applications, such as Internet browsers, mobileapplications, voice calls, video games, videoconferencing, and email,among others. In some embodiments, one or more member devices withinmember devices 402-404 may be configured to receive and to send webpages, and the like. In some embodiments, an exemplary specificallyprogrammed browser application of the present disclosure may beconfigured to receive and display graphics, text, multimedia, and thelike, employing virtually any web based language, including, but notlimited to Standard Generalized Markup Language (SMGL), such asHyperText Markup Language (HTML), a wireless application protocol (WAP),a Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML), such as Wireless MarkupLanguage (WML), WMLScript, XML, JavaScript, and the like. In someembodiments, a member device within member devices 402-404 may bespecifically programmed by either Java, .Net, QT, C, C++ and/or othersuitable programming language. In some embodiments, one or more memberdevices within member devices 402-404 may be specifically programmedinclude or execute an application to perform a variety of possibletasks, such as, without limitation, messaging functionality, browsing,searching, playing, streaming or displaying various forms of content,including locally stored or uploaded messages, images and/or video,and/or games.

In some embodiments, the exemplary network 405 may provide networkaccess, data transport and/or other services to any computing devicecoupled to it. In some embodiments, the exemplary network 405 mayinclude and implement at least one specialized network architecture thatmay be based at least in part on one or more standards set by, forexample, without limitation, Global System for Mobile communication(GSM) Association, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and theWorldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) forum. In someembodiments, the exemplary network 405 may implement one or more of aGSM architecture, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) architecture, aUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) architecture, and anevolution of UMTS referred to as Long Term Evolution (LTE). In someembodiments, the exemplary network 405 may include and implement, as analternative or in conjunction with one or more of the above, a WiMAXarchitecture defined by the WiMAX forum. In some embodiments and,optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above or below,the exemplary network 405 may also include, for instance, at least oneof a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet,a virtual LAN (VLAN), an enterprise LAN, a layer 3 virtual privatenetwork (VPN), an enterprise IP network, or any combination thereof. Insome embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, at least one computer network communicationover the exemplary network 405 may be transmitted based at least in parton one of more communication modes such as but not limited to: NFC,RFID, Narrow Band Internet of Things (NBIOT), ZigBee, 3G, 4G, 5G, GSM,GPRS, WiFi, WiMax, CDMA, satellite and any combination thereof. In someembodiments, the exemplary network 405 may also include mass storage,such as network attached storage (NAS), a storage area network (SAN), acontent delivery network (CDN) or other forms of computer ormachine-readable media.

In some embodiments, the exemplary server 406 or the exemplary server407 may be a web server (or a series of servers) running a networkoperating system, examples of which may include but are not limited toMicrosoft Windows Server, Novell NetWare, or Linux. In some embodiments,the exemplary server 406 or the exemplary server 407 may be used forand/or provide cloud and/or network computing. Although not shown inFIG. 6 , in some embodiments, the exemplary server 406 or the exemplaryserver 407 may have connections to external systems like email, SMSmessaging, text messaging, ad content providers, etc. Any of thefeatures of the exemplary server 406 may be also implemented in theexemplary server 407 and vice versa.

In some embodiments, one or more of the exemplary servers 406 and 407may be specifically programmed to perform, in non-limiting example, asauthentication servers, search servers, email servers, social networkingservices servers, SMS servers, IM servers, MMS servers, exchangeservers, photo-sharing services servers, advertisement providingservers, financial/banking-related services servers, travel servicesservers, or any similarly suitable service-base servers for users of themember computing devices 401-404.

In some embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, for example, one or more exemplary computingmember devices 402-404, the exemplary server 406, and/or the exemplaryserver 407 may include a specifically programmed software module thatmay be configured to send, process, and receive information using ascripting language, a remote procedure call, an email, a tweet, ShortMessage Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), instantmessaging (IM), internet relay chat (IRC), mIRC, Jabber, an applicationprogramming interface, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) methods,Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), HTTP (HypertextTransfer Protocol), REST (Representational State Transfer), or anycombination thereof.

FIG. 7 depicts a block diagram of another exemplary computer-basedsystem/platform 500 in accordance with one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure. However, not all of these components may be requiredto practice one or more embodiments, and variations in the arrangementand type of the components may be made without departing from the spiritor scope of various embodiments of the present disclosure. In someembodiments, the member computing devices 502 a, 502 b thru 502 n showneach at least includes a computer-readable medium, such as arandom-access memory (RAM) 508 coupled to a processor 510 or FLASHmemory. In some embodiments, the processor 510 may executecomputer-executable program instructions stored in memory 508. In someembodiments, the processor 510 may include a microprocessor, an ASIC,and/or a state machine. In some embodiments, the processor 510 mayinclude, or may be in communication with, media, for examplecomputer-readable media, which stores instructions that, when executedby the processor 510, may cause the processor 510 to perform one or moresteps described herein. In some embodiments, examples ofcomputer-readable media may include, but are not limited to, anelectronic, optical, magnetic, or other storage or transmission devicecapable of providing a processor, such as the processor 510 of client502 a, with computer-readable instructions. In some embodiments, otherexamples of suitable media may include, but are not limited to, a floppydisk, CD-ROM, DVD, magnetic disk, memory chip, ROM, RAM, an ASIC, aconfigured processor, all optical media, all magnetic tape or othermagnetic media, or any other medium from which a computer processor canread instructions. Also, various other forms of computer-readable mediamay transmit or carry instructions to a computer, including a router,private or public network, or other transmission device or channel, bothwired and wireless. In some embodiments, the instructions may comprisecode from any computer-programming language, including, for example, C,C++, Visual Basic, Java, Python, Perl, JavaScript, and etc.

In some embodiments, member computing devices 502 a through 502 n mayalso comprise a number of external or internal devices such as a mouse,a CD-ROM, DVD, a physical or virtual keyboard, a display, a speaker, orother input or output devices. In some embodiments, examples of membercomputing devices 502 a through 502 n (e.g., clients) may be any type ofprocessor-based platforms that are connected to a network 506 such as,without limitation, personal computers, digital assistants, personaldigital assistants, smart phones, pagers, digital tablets, laptopcomputers, Internet appliances, and other processor-based devices. Insome embodiments, member computing devices 502 a through 502 n may bespecifically programmed with one or more application programs inaccordance with one or more principles/methodologies detailed herein. Insome embodiments, member computing devices 502 a through 502 n mayoperate on any operating system capable of supporting a browser orbrowser-enabled application, such as Microsoft™ Windows™, and/or Linux.In some embodiments, member computing devices 502 a through 502 n shownmay include, for example, personal computers executing a browserapplication program such as Microsoft Corporation's Internet Explorer™,Apple Computer, Inc.'s Safari™, Mozilla Firefox, and/or Opera. In someembodiments, through the member computing client devices 502 a through502 n, users, 512 a through 512 n, may communicate over the exemplarynetwork 506 with each other and/or with other systems and/or devicescoupled to the network 506. As shown in FIG. 7 , exemplary serverdevices 504 and 513 may be also coupled to the network 506. In someembodiments, one or more member computing devices 502 a through 502 nmay be mobile clients.

In some embodiments, at least one database of exemplary databases 507and 515 may be any type of database, including a database managed by adatabase management system (DBMS). In some embodiments, an exemplaryDBMS-managed database may be specifically programmed as an engine thatcontrols organization, storage, management, and/or retrieval of data inthe respective database. In some embodiments, the exemplary DBMS-manageddatabase may be specifically programmed to provide the ability to query,backup and replicate, enforce rules, provide security, compute, performchange and access logging, and/or automate optimization. In someembodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed database may be chosen fromOracle database, IBM DB2, Adaptive Server Enterprise, FileMaker,Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and a NoSQLimplementation. In some embodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed databasemay be specifically programmed to define each respective schema of eachdatabase in the exemplary DBMS, according to a particular database modelof the present disclosure which may include a hierarchical model,network model, relational model, object model, or some other suitableorganization that may result in one or more applicable data structuresthat may include fields, records, files, and/or objects. In someembodiments, the exemplary DBMS-managed database may be specificallyprogrammed to include metadata about the data that is stored.

FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate schematics of exemplary implementations of thecloud computing/architecture(s) in which the exemplary inventivecomputer-based systems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-baseddevices, and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of thepresent disclosure may be specifically configured to operate. The cloudcomputing/architecture(s) of FIG. 8 may include, for example, a cloudservice 600, a cloud platform 610, a cloud infrastructure 620, and acloud storage 630.

In some embodiments, the exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-based devices,and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of the presentdisclosure may be specifically configured to operate in an cloudcomputing/architecture such as, but not limiting to: infrastructure aservice (IaaS) 670, platform as a service (PaaS) 660, and/or software asa service (SaaS) 650 as shown in FIG. 9 .

In some embodiments, the exemplary inventive computer-basedsystems/platforms, the exemplary inventive computer-based devices,and/or the exemplary inventive computer-based components of the presentdisclosure may be configured to utilize one or more exemplary AI/machinelearning techniques chosen from (e.g., machine learning model 13), butnot limited to, decision trees, boosting, support-vector machines,neural networks, nearest neighbor algorithms, Naive Bayes, bagging,random forests, and the like. In some embodiments and, optionally, incombination of any embodiment described above or below, an exemplaryneutral network technique associated with, for example, the machinelearning model 13 may be one of, without limitation, feedforward neuralnetwork, radial basis function network, recurrent neural network,convolutional network (e.g., U-net) or other suitable network. In someembodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodiment describedabove or below, an exemplary implementation of Neural Network may beexecuted as follows:

i) Define Neural Network architecture/model,ii) Transfer the input data to the exemplary neural network model,iii) Train the exemplary model incrementally,iv) determine the accuracy for a specific number of timesteps,v) apply the exemplary trained model to process the newly-received inputdata,vi) optionally and in parallel, continue to train the exemplary trainedmodel with a predetermined periodicity.

In some embodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodimentdescribed above or below, the exemplary trained neural network model mayspecify a neural network by at least a neural network topology, a seriesof activation functions, and connection weights. For example, thetopology of a neural network may include a configuration of nodes of theneural network and connections between such nodes. In some embodimentsand, optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above orbelow, the exemplary trained neural network model may also be specifiedto include other parameters, including but not limited to, biasvalues/functions and/or aggregation functions. For example, anactivation function of a node may be a step function, sine function,continuous or piecewise linear function, sigmoid function, hyperbolictangent function, or other type of mathematical function that representsa threshold at which the node is activated. In some embodiments and,optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above or below,the exemplary aggregation function may be a mathematical function thatcombines (e.g., sum, product, etc.) input signals to the node. In someembodiments and, optionally, in combination of any embodiment describedabove or below, an output of the exemplary aggregation function may beused as input to the exemplary activation function. In some embodimentsand, optionally, in combination of any embodiment described above orbelow, the bias may be a constant value or function that may be used bythe aggregation function and/or the activation function to make the nodemore or less likely to be activated.

At least some aspects of the present disclosure will now be describedwith reference to the following numbered clauses.

1. A method may include:

utilizing, by at least one processor, a permission-based accessfunctionality to access over a communication network, a communicationsoftware application associated with a first user, a second user, orboth;

obtaining, by the at least one processor, over the communication networkvia the permission-based access functionality, from the communicationsoftware application, communication identifying metadata for a pluralityof electronic communications associated with the first user, the seconduser, or both;

processing, by the at least one processor, the communication identifyingmetadata to generate first physical addresses metadata associated withthe plurality of electronic communications;

identifying, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, in a plurality of data objects stored in a plurality ofelectronic resources, second physical addresses metadata associated withthe second user;

storing, by the at least one processor, the first physical addressesmetadata and the second physical addresses metadata in a database;

inputting, by the at least one processor, the first physical addressesmetadata and the second physical addresses metadata into at least onemachine learning model configured to identify a plurality of relatedphysical addresses, based on at least one change in at least one featureof the first physical addresses metadata, the second physical addressesmetadata, or both, and to predict a most likely current physical addressassociated with the second user;

where the at least one feature may include:

occurrence or frequency of addresses in the database,

(ii) different address usage types, and

(iii) timing or durations information of address usage;

transmitting, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, an instruction to display on a computing device associated withthe first user, a first graphical user interface (first GUI) to thefirst user, the first GUI comprising at least one first GUI elementenabling the first user to launch a permission request to the seconduser, requesting a permission to access a current physical address ofthe second user;

receiving, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, the permission request;

transmitting, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, in response to the permission request, an instruction todisplay on a computing device associated with the second user, a secondgraphical user interface (second GUI) to allow the second user to allowor deny an access to the current physical address of the second user tothe first user;

transmitting, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, the permission request to the most likely current physicaladdress associated with the second user;

receiving, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, for the first user, a permission for access to the currentphysical address of the second user; and

automatically updating, by the at least one processor, over thecommunication network, upon receipt of the permission for access to thecurrent physical address of the second user, a database of physicaladdresses stored on a computing device associated with the first userwith the current physical address of the second user for at least onefuture communication with the second user.

2. The method according to clause 1, where the inputting may includeinputting the first physical addresses metadata, the second physicaladdresses metadata, or both into the at least one machine learning modelfurther configured to identify potential new physical addressinformation including:

(i) different types of addresses,

(ii) addresses having specified duration of time,

(iii) marketing-related acquisition of the potential new physicaladdress information, and

(iv) a second user's usage of the potential new physical addressinformation.

3. The method as in clauses 1 or 2, further comprising utilizing, by theat least one processor, a browser extension application executed by acomputing device associated with the first user, to obtain at least oneelectronic communication, at least one metadata, at least one potentialphysical address information, or any combination thereof, of the seconduser.4. The method as in clauses 1, 2, or 3, wherein the browser extensionapplication is configured to automatically complete the current physicaladdress, confidentially, into a check-out flow involving need for ashipping address for a good or service, without providing the currentphysical address in a manner available to others over the communicationnetwork.5. The method as in clauses 1, 2, or 3, wherein the browser extensionapplication is configured to automatically complete the current physicaladdress into a check-out flow involving need for a shipping address fora good or service, upon entry or provision of a name of the second userwho will receive the good or service.6. The method as in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, further comprisingprogramming, by the at least one processor, to maintain updated addressinformation of the second user in both an actual address format and atokenized format;

wherein the tokenized format is configured for one or both of: (i)provision to parties that do not need to know the current physicaladdress of the second user, and (ii) provision to parties that have notbeen approved by the second user for receipt of the current physicaladdress of the second user.

7. The method as in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, further comprisingproviding, by the at least one processor, a feedback mechanism by whicha recipient of the tokenized format may request that the second userapprove the recipient of the tokenized format to receive the currentphysical address of the second user associated with the tokenizedformat.8. The method as in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7, further comprising,providing, by the at least one processor, over the communicationnetwork, to at least one computing device associated with at least oneapproved third party, the current physical address of the second useronly to the at least one approved third party involved with a physicalshipment or delivery to the second user at the current physical address.9. The method as in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, wherein theplurality of data objects is associated with a plurality of dataoperations of a business.10. The method as in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, wherein thecommunication software application is an email application; and whereinthe communication identifying metadata is email message metadata.11. A server may include at least one non-transitory memory and at leastone processor. The at least one processor may be configured to execute acode that is stored in the at least one non-transitory memory thatcauses the at least one processor to:

utilize a permission-based access functionality to access over acommunication network, a communication software application associatedwith a first user, a second user, or both;

obtain, over the communication network via the permission-based accessfunctionality, from the communication software application,communication identifying metadata for a plurality of electroniccommunications associated with the first user, the second user, or both;

process the communication identifying metadata to generate firstphysical addresses metadata associated with the plurality of electroniccommunications;

identify, over the communication network, in a plurality of data objectsstored in a plurality of electronic resources, second physical addressesmetadata associated with the second user;

store the first physical addresses metadata and the second physicaladdresses metadata in a database;

input the first physical addresses metadata and the second physicaladdresses metadata into at least one machine learning model configuredto identify a plurality of related physical addresses, based on at leastone change in at least one feature of the first physical addressesmetadata, the second physical addresses metadata, or both, and topredict a most likely current physical address associated with thesecond user;

-   -   where the at least one feature may include:    -   (i) occurrence and/or frequency of addresses in the database,    -   (ii) different address usage types, and    -   (iii) timing and/or durations information of address usage;

transmit over the communication network, an instruction to display on acomputing device associated with the first user, a first graphical userinterface (first GUI) to the first user, the first GUI comprising atleast one first GUI element enabling the first user to launch apermission request to the second user, requesting a permission to accessa current physical address of the second user;

receive over the communication network, the permission request;

transmit over the communication network, in response to the permissionrequest, an instruction to display on a computing device associated withthe second user, a second graphical user interface (second GUI) to allowthe second user to allow or deny an access to the current physicaladdress of the second user to the first user;

transmit over the communication network, the permission request to themost likely current physical address associated with the second user;

receive over the communication network, for the first user, a permissionfor access to the current physical address of the second user; and

automatically update over the communication network, upon receipt of thepermission for access to the current physical address of the seconduser, a database of physical addresses stored on a computing deviceassociated with the first user with the current physical address of thesecond user for at least one future communication with the second user.

12. The server according to clause 11, wherein the at least oneprocessor is configured to input the first physical addresses metadata,the second physical addresses metadata, or both into the at least onemachine learning model;

wherein the at least one machine learning model is configured toidentify potential new physical address information comprising:

-   -   (i) different types of addresses,    -   (ii) addresses having specified duration of time,    -   (iii) marketing-related acquisition of the potential new        physical address information, and    -   (iv) a second user's usage of the potential new physical address        information.        13. The server as in clauses 11 or 12, wherein the at least one        processor is further configured to utilize a browser extension        application executed by a computing device associated with the        first user, to obtain at least one electronic communication, at        least one metadata, at least one potential physical address        information, or any combination thereof, of the second user.        14. The server as in clauses 11, 12, or 13, wherein the browser        extension application is configured to automatically complete        the current physical address, confidentially, into a check-out        flow involving need for a shipping address for a good or        service, without providing the current physical address in a        manner available to others over the communication network.        15. The server as in clauses 11, 12, or 13, wherein the browser        extension application is configured to automatically complete        the current physical address into a check-out flow involving        need for a shipping address for a good or service, upon entry or        provision of a name of the second user who will receive the good        or service.        16. The server as in clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, or 15, wherein the        at least one processor is further configured to program to        maintain updated address information of the second user in both        an actual address format and a tokenized format;

wherein the tokenized format is configured for one or both of: (i)provision to parties that do not need to know the current physicaladdress of the second user, and (ii) provision to parties that have notbeen approved by the second user for receipt of the current physicaladdress of the second user.

17. The server as in clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16, wherein the atleast one processor is further configured to provide a feedbackmechanism by which a recipient of the tokenized format may request thatthe second user approve the recipient of the tokenized format to receivethe current physical address of the second user associated with thetokenized format.18. The server as in clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17, wherein theat least one processor is further configured to provide over thecommunication network, to at least one computing device associated withat least one approved third party, the current physical address of thesecond user only to the at least one approved third party involved witha physical shipment or delivery to the second user at the currentphysical address.19. The server as in clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18, whereinthe plurality of data objects is associated with a plurality of dataoperations of a business.20. The server as in clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or 19,wherein the communication software application is an email application;and wherein the communication identifying metadata is email messagemetadata.

Publications cited throughout this document are hereby incorporated byreference in their entirety. While one or more embodiments of thepresent disclosure have been described, it is understood that theseembodiments are illustrative only, and not restrictive, and that manymodifications may become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art,including that various embodiments of the inventive methodologies, theinventive systems/platforms, and the inventive devices described hereincan be utilized in any combination with each other. Further still, thevarious steps may be carried out in any desired order (and any desiredsteps may be added and/or any desired steps may be eliminated).

1. A method comprising: utilizing, by at least one processor, apermission-based access functionality to access, over a communicationnetwork, a communication software application associated with a firstuser, a second user, or both; obtaining, by the at least one processor,over the communication network via the permission-based accessfunctionality, from the communication software application,communication identifying metadata for a plurality of electroniccommunications associated with the first user, the second user, or both;processing, by the at least one processor, the communication identifyingmetadata to generate first physical addresses metadata associated withthe plurality of electronic communications; identifying, by the at leastone processor, over the communication network, in a plurality of dataobjects stored in a plurality of electronic resources, second physicaladdresses metadata associated with the second user; storing, by the atleast one processor, the first physical addresses metadata and thesecond physical addresses metadata in a database; inputting, by the atleast one processor, the first physical addresses metadata and thesecond physical addresses metadata into at least one machine learningmodel configured to identify a plurality of related physical addresses,based on at least one change in at least one feature of the firstphysical addresses metadata, the second physical addresses metadata, orboth, and to predict a most likely current physical address associatedwith the second user; wherein the at least one feature comprises:occurrence or frequency of addresses in the database, (ii) differentaddress usage types, and (iii) timing or durations information ofaddress usage; transmitting, by the at least one processor, over thecommunication network, an instruction to display on a computing deviceassociated with the first user, a first graphical user interface (firstGUI) to the first user, the first GUI comprising at least one first GUIelement enabling the first user to launch a permission request to thesecond user, requesting a permission to access a current physicaladdress of the second user; receiving, by the at least one processor,over the communication network, the permission request; transmitting, bythe at least one processor, over the communication network, in responseto the permission request, an instruction to display on a computingdevice associated with the second user, a second graphical userinterface (second GUI) to allow the second user to allow or deny anaccess to the current physical address of the second user to the firstuser; transmitting, by the at least one processor, over thecommunication network, the permission request to the most likely currentphysical address associated with the second user; receiving, by the atleast one processor, over the communication network, for the first user,a permission for access to the current physical address of the seconduser; and automatically updating, by the at least one processor, overthe communication network, upon receipt of the permission for access tothe current physical address of the second user, a database of physicaladdresses stored on a computing device associated with the first userwith the current physical address of the second user for at least onefuture communication with the second user.
 2. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the inputting comprises inputting the first physicaladdresses metadata, the second physical addresses metadata, or both intothe at least one machine learning model further configured to identifypotential new physical address information comprising: (i) differenttypes of addresses, (ii) addresses having specified duration of time,(iii) marketing-related acquisition of the potential new physicaladdress information, and (iv) a second user's usage of the potential newphysical address information.
 3. The method according to claim 1,further comprising utilizing, by the at least one processor, a browserextension application executed by a computing device associated with thefirst user, to obtain at least one electronic communication, at leastone metadata, at least one potential physical address information, orany combination thereof, of the second user.
 4. The method according toclaim 3, wherein the browser extension application is configured toautomatically complete the current physical address, confidentially,into a check-out flow involving need for a shipping address for a goodor service, without providing the current physical address in a manneravailable to others over the communication network.
 5. The methodaccording to claim 3, wherein the browser extension application isconfigured to automatically complete the current physical address into acheck-out flow involving need for a shipping address for a good orservice, upon entry or provision of a name of the second user who willreceive the good or service.
 6. The method according to claim 1, furthercomprising programming, by the at least one processor, to maintainupdated address information of the second user in both an actual addressformat and a tokenized format; wherein the tokenized format isconfigured for one or both of: (i) provision to parties that do not needto know the current physical address of the second user, and (ii)provision to parties that have not been approved by the second user forreceipt of the current physical address of the second user.
 7. Themethod according to claim 6, further comprising providing, by the atleast one processor, a feedback mechanism by which a recipient of thetokenized format may request that the second user approve the recipientof the tokenized format to receive the current physical address of thesecond user associated with the tokenized format.
 8. The methodaccording to claim 1, further comprising, providing, by the at least oneprocessor, over the communication network, to at least one computingdevice associated with at least one approved third party, the currentphysical address of the second user only to the at least one approvedthird party involved with a physical shipment or delivery to the seconduser at the current physical address.
 9. The method according to claim1, wherein the plurality of data objects is associated with a pluralityof data operations of a business.
 10. The method according to claim 1,wherein the communication software application is an email application;and wherein the communication identifying metadata is email messagemetadata.
 11. A server, comprising: at least one non-transitory memory;and at least one processor configured to execute a code that is storedin the at least one non-transitory memory that causes the at least oneprocessor to: utilize a permission-based access functionality to accessover a communication network, a communication software applicationassociated with a first user, a second user, or both; obtain, over thecommunication network via the permission-based access functionality,from the communication software application, communication identifyingmetadata for a plurality of electronic communications associated withthe first user, the second user, or both; process the communicationidentifying metadata to generate first physical addresses metadataassociated with the plurality of electronic communications; identify,over the communication network, in a plurality of data objects stored ina plurality of electronic resources, second physical addresses metadataassociated with the second user; store the first physical addressesmetadata and the second physical addresses metadata in a database; inputthe first physical addresses metadata and the second physical addressesmetadata into at least one machine learning model configured to identifya plurality of related physical addresses, based on at least one changein at least one feature of the first physical addresses metadata, thesecond physical addresses metadata, or both, and to predict a mostlikely current physical address associated with the second user; whereinthe at least one feature comprises: (iv) occurrence or frequency ofaddresses in the database, (v) different address usage types, and (vi)timing or durations information of address usage; transmit over thecommunication network, an instruction to display on a computing deviceassociated with the first user, a first graphical user interface (firstGUI) to the first user, the first GUI comprising at least one first GUIelement enabling the first user to launch a permission request to thesecond user, requesting a permission to access a current physicaladdress of the second user; receive over the communication network, thepermission request; transmit over the communication network, in responseto the permission request, an instruction to display on a computingdevice associated with the second user, a second graphical userinterface (second GUI) to allow the second user to allow or deny anaccess to the current physical address of the second user to the firstuser; transmit over the communication network, the permission request tothe most likely current physical address associated with the seconduser; receive over the communication network, for the first user, apermission for access to the current physical address of the seconduser; and automatically update over the communication network, uponreceipt of the permission for access to the current physical address ofthe second user, a database of physical addresses stored on a computingdevice associated with the first user with the current physical addressof the second user for at least one future communication with the seconduser.
 12. The server according to claim 11, wherein the at least oneprocessor is configured to input the first physical addresses metadata,the second physical addresses metadata, or both into the at least onemachine learning model; wherein the at least one machine learning modelis configured to identify potential new physical address informationcomprising: (i) different types of addresses, (ii) addresses havingspecified duration of time, (iii) marketing-related acquisition of thepotential new physical address information, and (iv) a second user'susage of the potential new physical address information.
 13. The serveraccording to claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is furtherconfigured to utilize a browser extension application executed by acomputing device associated with the first user, to obtain at least oneelectronic communication, at least one metadata, at least one potentialphysical address information, or any combination thereof, of the seconduser.
 14. The server according to claim 13, wherein the browserextension application is configured to automatically complete thecurrent physical address, confidentially, into a check-out flowinvolving need for a shipping address for a good or service, withoutproviding the current physical address in a manner available to othersover the communication network.
 15. The server according to claim 13,wherein the browser extension application is configured to automaticallycomplete the current physical address into a check-out flow involvingneed for a shipping address for a good or service, upon entry orprovision of a name of the second user who will receive the good orservice.
 16. The server according to claim 11, wherein the at least oneprocessor is further configured to program to maintain updated addressinformation of the second user in both an actual address format and atokenized format; wherein the tokenized format is configured for one orboth of: (i) provision to parties that do not need to know the currentphysical address of the second user, and (ii) provision to parties thathave not been approved by the second user for receipt of the currentphysical address of the second user.
 17. The server according to claim16, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to providea feedback mechanism by which a recipient of the tokenized format mayrequest that the second user approve the recipient of the tokenizedformat to receive the current physical address of the second userassociated with the tokenized format.
 18. The server according to claim11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provideover the communication network, to at least one computing deviceassociated with at least one approved third party, the current physicaladdress of the second user only to the at least one approved third partyinvolved with a physical shipment or delivery to the second user at thecurrent physical address.
 19. The server according to claim 11, whereinthe plurality of data objects is associated with a plurality of dataoperations of a business.
 20. The server according to claim 11, whereinthe communication software application is an email application; andwherein the communication identifying metadata is email messagemetadata.